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Zemanta – Getting backlinks using Zemanta

December 19th, 2008 Posted in Wordpress Tips & Tricks | No Comments »

Note-2-backlink

If you haven’t tried out Zemanta yet, I seriously suggest you give this tool a go.

This is an amazing plugin which we can use in wordpress to automatically insert pictures, tags and related links in to our posts.

Here is an example below of some related posts using Zemanta…

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MacSpeech Dictate: I’ve changed my opinion

November 22nd, 2008 Posted in My diary | No Comments »

It was not long ago that I reviewed MacSpeech Dictate. I must admit that I didn’t give it a very glowing report!

Macspeech: Upgrade to V1.2

Well I’m now happy to say, that I have officially changed my opinion since the release of version 1.2.

This whole document has been written in MacSpeech Dictate. For the purpose of this post, I won’t be editing a single word. As you can see, the accuracy so far is 100%. I think what else’s helped me is that I got the VXI pro USB headset.

If you are already the owner of MacSpeech Dictate and have not upgraded to version 1.2 I really suggest that you do so right now.

One thing that I can really suggest however, is that don’t take the program’s word for it when it says it has collected enough data on your voice. Make sure you do all the voice training and vocabulary training before you start trying to use the program.

What are your opinions on MacSpeech Dictate? Have you used this program?

Formula One 2008 – Brazil. Who can’t wait for the race?

November 1st, 2008 Posted in Formula One | No Comments »

Formula One – Brazil. Massa vs Hamilton

I’ve been waiting for this race all season.  Somehow I knew it would come down to a title fight between Massa and Hamilton.  Unfortunately the driver I want to win has to have every condition go his way on the day for him to win the championship this year. As much as I want Massa to win, I don’t really think that it is likely.  But I’ve seen stranger things happen.

When you look at the stats for the season it’s hardly suprising – 5 race wins each.

Grand Prix Date Winning Driver
Australia 16/03/2008 Lewis Hamilton
Malaysia 23/03/2008 Kimi Räikkönen
Bahrain 06/04/2008 Felipe Massa
Spain 27/04/2008 Kimi Räikkönen
Turkey 11/05/2008 Felipe Massa
Monaco 25/05/2008 Lewis Hamilton
Canada 08/06/2008 Robert Kubica
France 22/06/2008 Felipe Massa
Great Britain 06/07/2008 Lewis Hamilton
Germany 20/07/2008 Lewis Hamilton
Hungary 03/08/2008 Heikki Kovalainen
Europe 24/08/2008 Felipe Massa
Belgium 07/09/2008 Felipe Massa
Italy 14/09/2008 Sebastian Vettel
Singapore 28/09/2008 Fernando Alonso
Japan 12/10/2008 Fernando Alonso
China 19/10/2008 Lewis Hamilton
Brazil 02/11/2008

Whilst Massa is happy with his car and Hamilton is claiming his is “blindingly quick”, let’s just hope Raikkonen steps up to the challenge :)